Snow closes two roads in Yosemite National Park

Oct. 19, 2009

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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - Park rangers say two popular routes through Yosemite National Park are closed for the second time this month because of snow and icy weather.

Tioga Road, the highest elevation route through the Sierra Nevada, closed Monday to all traffic.

Glacier Point Road, one of the park's popular sightseeing paths, is also closed as a storm passes through the region. The two scenic roads also closed due to snowfall in the first week of October, and rangers are evaluating whether they will open again this season.

Park officials say the cables on Half Dome also have now been taken down for winter.